Tim Hetherington

Timothy Alistair Telemachus Hetherington (5 December 1970 – 20 April 2011)"Tim Hetherington" (Obituary), The Times, 22 April 2011, p. 70. photojournalist He was best known for the documentary film Restrepo (2010), which he co-directed with Sebastian Junger; the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011. Hetherington was killed by mortar shells fired by Moammar Gaddafi's forces while covering the 2011 Libyan civil war.

Early life

Hetherington was born in Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula and grew up in Southport, Sefton, where he attended St Patrick's Primary School. He went on to attend the Jesuit Stonyhurst CollegeGammell, Caroline (21 April 2011). . The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 April 2011. and read Classics and English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 1989.Press release (21 April 2011). . Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Retrieved 24 April 2011.<br> "LMH is sad to learn of the death of alumnus Tim Hetherington, 1989 Classics and English, who was killed in Misrata on...
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